Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
The strange
reason Spaniards eat late
What sort of
daily schedule do people in Spain live? Start working at 9:00am, have two-hour
lunch at 2:00pm, finish working at 8:00 and have dinner at 9:00. It sounds like
Spaniards live in winter time, not summer time just to be sure, throughout the
year. Surprisingly, siesta, a short nap after lunch, isn’t that popular as it
used to be. So why do they live such a distinct daily life?
In 1940, then
dictator General Franco decided to match Spain’s standard time with the one of Nazi
Germany, his main supporter. Franco, who outlived Hitler by three decades,
seemed to have preferred the late-hour life and never changed the wrong time
zone. It seems that 35 years was long enough for Spaniards to have gotten used
to the daily schedule, and the wrong time zone became their standard time.
Do they want
to adjust their clocks back to live healthier or more natural lives?
Enjoy reading
the article and think which daily schedule suits your life style better.
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